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What Qualifications does a Dietician need? Where can i find one?
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I'm looking to find a Dietician in my area. I don't want to got o my GP cos they just palm me off with the nurse.
I want to choose a proper Dietician (don't want to get ripped off ), so what qualifications should i look for next to their name and is their a national institute for dieticians website (or something sinilar) where i can find genuine ones?
Thank you x
I want to choose a proper Dietician (don't want to get ripped off ), so what qualifications should i look for next to their name and is their a national institute for dieticians website (or something sinilar) where i can find genuine ones?
Thank you x
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Tried Google?
Yes i always use Google but sometimes i prefer asking real people and i like to know their opinions and what they think.
Fair enough, so if you've Googled then it should have given you a good idea of what qualifications they should have (details of the letters that should appear after their name) plus there should be a list of dieticians across the UK etc.
Or perhaps a medical community would be a better place to ask than GD of DS!.
Just a thought. Just a thought.
instead the DS police have interfered unnessersarily.
maybe, maybe not. Certainly there are avenues to go down which have a much higher chance of providing bona fide information regarding dieticians, costs, locations than GD? I know that when I want medical or legal advice, in the hope that this is the forum I go to first!. :-D.
Speak for yourself about 'forum police'... I'm just pointing out that there are better options in all respect, just as you are pointing out that somebody can largely post what they want? Difference? If anything, you should be grateful as it's going to keep the thread active for longer, thus much more likely to generate viewings.
You're welcome! ;-)
that was easy.
Same site I came up with when I thought there was a problem with Google, wealth of accurate info out there.
Thankyou annette. x
thanks anyway, i just wanted some help.
I detect a hint of sarcasm tho
my pleasure. it was somewhat sarkyily delivered:o but graciously accepted:o:o:o.
I can't understand why you came to DS instead of Google to find your answers. I checked Google to see if there was problem with it and pages of sites came up
Isn't dietician one of those dodgy areas in medicine. Those where any one can quite easily get a qualification without going through years of education and training.
I'm not sure but I think that may be a nutritionist (the ones in the hospital here are called dieticians), I think that's what that poo dealer off the tv is (I could be wrong)
Don't go to a Nutritionist because anyone can set themselves up as one with no qualifications or training.
Dieticians are regulated better than nutritionists; anyone can call themselves a nutritionist.
Dieticians are often not much better though. If I were you OP I would speak to the nurses at your GP surgery and ask if they know one with a good reputation.
You could try asking your GP to make a referral for you to see the dietician at your local hospital. I was seeing the one at my local hospital last year and part of this year. To be honest I didn't find her to be that much help. I was just given a couple of NHS leaflets, told to keep a food diary which she then looked over every visit and weighed every visit. To be honest the advice was given was what I already knew anyway from information on the internet, magazine articles, diet related tv shows.
Within the community of dietitians, apparently.
By jove you're right.